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On May 13th, it was announced that actress Ishihara Satomi is going to star in the TBS special drama 'Koi' this fall.
'Koi' is based on a novel of the same name by writer Koike Mariko, and is being appraised has Koike's best work and was awarded with the Naoki Prize in 1995. The story is set in the early 1970s at the quiet summer resort in Karuizawa, while the atmosphere in Tokyo is heating up due to the rapid economic growth and the US-Ja

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Most of the spring dramas will finally premiere this or next week.
As for the previous week, there were already a couple of premieres of midnight and late-night dramas. 'Detarame Hero' (NTV) - starring Sato Ryuta - aired its first episode on Thursday and recorded a rating of 3.6%, which is somewhat of an

The free mobile chat and mail application LINE released a new set of CMs starring their new main image character, Ishihara Satomi.
In the new CM, 'Satomi' and the rest of the 'LINE Theater Troupe' have to work on their facial expressions and do so by imitating various of the popular LINE stickers from the application. The rest of the troupe is made up of Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Nagayama Kento, and Kinami Haruka.
Nakanomori Ayako is providing

It was announced that four beautiful actresses Toda Erika, Ishihara Satomi, Nagasawa Masami and Eikura Nana will appear in new CM for "Rêveur Hair care series."
There are five new CMs in total: Toda in 'Green no Onna' version, Ishihara in 'Purple no Onna' version, Nagasawa in 'Orange no Onna' version, Eikura in 'Pink no Onna' version, and the 'Kaien' version will be comprised of scenes from each of the 4 actresses.
Apparently, the filmi

On January 25th, actress Ishihara Satomi attended a press conference for the free communication application, 'LINE', as its new CM character.
The application has surpassed over 100 million users worldwide as of January 18th. Ishihara, who is a user herself, commented, "It's a part of my life. I really think it's convenient, so I'm happy to be able to advertise it." She also shared that she uses the group messaging function, "The most I've

On December 25th, it was announced that the popular Fuji TV drama 'Rich Man, Poor Woman' - starring Oguri Shun and Ishihara Satomi - is going to return with a special episode this coming spring.
The drama portrayed the relationship between 'Hyuga Toru' (Oguri), a young billionaire and manager of an innovative IT company, and the unemployed female college student 'Natsui Makoto' (Ishihara). Despite Toru's unsocial behavior, Makoto is able t

On December 19, Arashi's Matsumoto Jun made an appearance on the pre-screening event for Fuji TV's upcoming special drama "Lucky Seven Special."
This is a special drama of "Lucky Seven" that aired from January to March of this year on the 'Getsu 9' time slot. It received an average audience rating of 15.6% (in Kanto region according to Video Research). Reportedly, there will be some furious action scenes just like the drama series, and Mat

Oricon recently conducted a poll asking 500 women from their teens to their forties "which female celebrity has the ideal face?"
First place for Oricon's "6th ideal faces chosen by women ranking" went to none other than actress Ayase Haruka. As this is her 2nd consecutive year to top the ranking, she expressed, "I don't have confidence, but it gives me a positive feeling! Thank you. I will do my best to impress everybody through products."

Actress Ishihara Satomi and actor Iura Arata have been elected for the 'Best Formalist 2012' award by the Japan Formal Association (JAFA) and received the awards at a ceremonial event in Tokyo on November 14th.
Of course both actors followed a formal dress code for the event. Ishihara was wearing a beautiful pink dress that she helped design and commented, "I was really particular about certain details such as the position of the stones an